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Arizona wing Bennedict Mathurin declares for NBA Draft

Bennedict Mathurin’s 2-year plan is complete.

Arizona’s leading scorer, the Pac-12 Player of the Year and a consensus All-American, Mathurin has declared for the 2022 NBA Draft after two seasons with the Wildcats. He is expected to go in the first round in June.

The 6-foot-6 Mathurin averaged 17.7 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists this season for Arizona, ranking ninth on the school’s single-season scoring list with 655 points. He made 83 3-pointers, 8th-most in a season in school history, and shot 45 percent from the field as well as 36.